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Assembly committee advances Bonta bill to notify parents when school vaccination rates drop below herd immunity
Summary
The Assembly Health Committee heard hours of testimony for and against AB 2651, which would require schools to notify parents when a school's vaccination rate falls below a California Department of Public Health herd-immunity threshold; supporters called it transparency, opponents warned it could misrepresent snapshot data and risk stigma for medically exempt students.
Assemblymember Bonta's AB 2651 would require schools to notify parents when their child's school vaccination rate falls below the herd-immunity threshold set by the California Department of Public Health, the bill's author told the Assembly Health Committee on April 7.
"This bill requires schools to notify parents when their child's school vaccination rate falls below the herd immunity threshold established by the California Department of Public Health," Assemblymember Bonta said, adding the notice would use already public, de-identified data and would not publish information that identifies individual students.
Supporters framed the bill as a narrow transparency measure to help families assess health risk. "AB 2651 is a simple, practical solution to ensure parents are notified when their child's school falls below critical herd immunity levels," said Dr. Ian Kim, a…
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